Some say Judaism and Christianity cannot be mixed. When I discussed this idea with contributing writer Jack Zavada, he recounted the words of Jewish comedian Jackie Mason who sued Jews for Jesus for including his name in one of their evangelism tracts. Mason said, "You can't be a Jew and a Christian. You can't be a table and a chair."
Most traditional Jews view Messianic Jews as Christians, because they accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Messianic Jews, in contrast, refer to themselves as "completed Jews" because they have received their Messiah.
Jews for Jesus is the largest organization within the Messianic Jewish movement in the United States. It was founded in 1973 by the controversial Martin "Moishe" Rosen, a Jewish convert to Christianity and ordained Baptist minister.
Rosen once said, "You can take from me everything but my Jewishness and my belief in God. You can say I'm a nuisance, a Christian, out of step with the Jewish community, but you can't say I'm not a Jew." The outspoken and confrontational evangelist led Jews for Jesus for 23 years as executive director. In 1974, the Conservative Baptist Association named him a "Hero of the Faith."
Heroes, of course, are not without their faults. This Christianity Today article, Remembering Moishe Rosen, paints a vivid picture of the man who somehow managed to be highly provocative, deeply offensive, admittedly eccentric, dearly loved, fiercely hated, and yes, even heroic, as he left his mark on this world.
At 78, after a battle with prostate cancer, Rosen died on May 19, 2010.
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When I read about the Moshiac (messiah) in the Tanack/Old Testament, in the Hebrew, I read that he shall be here in only ONE Trip.
I read that he shall reconcile parents and their children.
I read that disease shall be a memory of the past.
I read that war shall be no more.
I do not recall G-d changing His mind about not changing, from Spiritual to Human.
I do not recall reading about Him changing His mind about the good of all nations being accepted by Him.
I do not recall labels becoming so important, that we fight and kill on account of them.
And, I do not recall Him even allowing that after the Moshiac arrives, for two thousand year more His Chosen People shall suffer, our Children slaughter like animals, and being condemned to Hell/ Lake of Fire, because we accept G-d as He said He is, in His sacred writings.
But, then, maybe the Christians are right? God is a man, who lies?
I recall Him saying the opposite. Also, He shares His glory with none other. I know that as there is a G-d in Heaven, all the above is right, where I read what He said.
Shalom;
Yechiel
G-d said one thing, Christianity says something different.
I go with G-d.